In partnership with Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research(SABER) meeting, CourseSource is hosting an ONLINE Writing Studio Short Course. We have switched to an online setting because the SABER meeting will no longer be taking place in Minneapolis, MN this summer. We will offer this online Writing Studio twice this summer: June 15-17th from 12-4 pm Eastern each day July 21-23rd from 12-4 pm Eastern each day To learn more about CourseSource, eligibility, participant benefits or to apply,…

In partnership with Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research(SABER) meeting, CourseSource is hosting an ONLINE Writing Studio Short Course. We have switched to an online setting because the SABER meeting will no longer be taking place in Minneapolis, MN this summer. We will offer this online Writing Studio twice this summer: June 15-17th from 12-4 pm Eastern each day July 21-23rd from 12-4 pm Eastern each day To learn more about CourseSource, eligibility, participant benefits or to…

August 2020

TALR researchers discuss: the consequences for persistence of deficiencies in student learning experiences; course grading methods and the impact of grades on persistence; dysfunctions of STEM course culture that create difficulty in ‘belonging’; and which students are most at risk from these aspects of STEM education experiences.

September 2020

The TALR and Gardner Institute Researchers collaborate in identifying the characteristics that distinguish weed-out courses, including; ‘hardness’ that is constructed rather that intrinsic, distinctive patterns of grades and of DFWIs.